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The instrumental opening moves between the ordered world of Coleman Silk’s scholarship and the unease of concealed histories, aging, and small-town judgment; the songs then turn toward passing, shame, desire, and the damage of being misread. The vocal half spans American folk, soul, indie, and rock to echo the novel’s racial history, private grief, and shifting perspectives without reducing its characters to a single mood.
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20 songs
1
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3
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Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Theme
Franz Schubert · Death and the Maiden
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4
Friday Morning
Khruangbin · Con Todo El Mundo
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5
Everloving
Moby · Play
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6
Two Thousand and Seventeen
Four Tet · New Energy
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7
Kiara
Bonobo · Black Sands
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8
Greenland
Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs
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9
Settler
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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10
Turn Away and Return
Hammock · Everything and Nothing
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Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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13
Losing My Religion
R.E.M. · Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)
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14
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman
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15
All Apologies
Nirvana · In Utero
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16
Silent All These Years
Tori Amos · Gold Dust
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17
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen · Nebraska
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18
Not Dark Yet
Bob Dylan · Time Out Of Mind
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To Be Young, Gifted And Black
Nina Simone · Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
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